Furniture-packing fastener



I. SOHLESINGER. Furniture-Packing Fastener.

No. 229,055. Patented June 22,1880.

N PE|'ERS, FHDTD-LrrHOQRAPHER, WASHINGYON. D. c,

ISIDORE SCHLESIN GER,

PATENT Orrrcn;

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FURNITURE-PACKING FAST gNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,055, dated June 22, 1880.

Application filed December 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Ismonn SoHLEsINeER, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a. Furniture-Packing Fastener; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is the construction of a simple, convenient, and efficient device for securing and holding together parts or pieces of furniture when the same is packed for transportation, the exact arrangement and operation of which will be hereinafter more fully explained in detail.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved furniture-fastener, and Fig. 2 a detail view of a protecting device employed in connection with the fastener.

In referring to the drawings, A represents the fastener proper, and B an adjustable protector attached to the fastener in the manner shown in Fig. 1, and inter-poses between the fastener A and the article to which the same may be applied, and is for the purpose of pre venting the fastener from marrin g or defacing the parts of furniture to which it may be attached.

The protector B is formed in two parts, the inner ends being arranged to overlap each other in the manner shown in Fig. 1, in order that the protecting device may be readily shortened or lengthened, adapting the same to packages of different thicknesses, the outer ends of the protector being bent at right angles to the main part, so as to conform to the shape of the fastener A.

The fastener A, as herein shown, is made of wire, but may be constructed of any other material suitable for the purpose, and is bent around itself in the middle to form the loop 0, the ends being turned at right angles, and having theeyes a formed therein for the reception of tacks or other holding devices for at- The fastener, as herein shown, is formed of two wires, and, having the bifurcated ends a, a, is stronger and better adapted for the purpose than if formed of a single wire.

The protector B is preferably made of tar-' board, its tough and flexible nature making it just the material suitable for this particular purpose.

The method of preparing packages of furniture for transportation in connection with this fastening device is very simple, and the labor attending it quickly performed. First, the protector B is placed upon the edges of the package next the fastening device, covering the same, and the tacks c 0 inserted in the eyes a and driven through the protector B, preventing the same from becoming displaced, and finally inserting a suitable rod or handle in the loop 0 and twisting the wires composing the fastener until the package is drawn tight together, the tar-board protector readily adj usting itself to the required position.

When this fastening device is properly applied to packages of furniture there is no possibility of the parts becoming loose and rubbing together and marring the'finished sur faces.

Heretofore the usual method of securing parts of furniture together for shipment was by binding the parts together with cords, interp'osing paper or other suitable material to protect the corners from being chafed by the action of the cords; but persons handling the packages which have in this manner been prepared for shipment will naturally grasp hold of the cords, which has the effect to loosen the same, thereby displacing the protecting material interposed between the cords and the goods, the latter being very often greatly damaged by the action of the loose cords, and causing no inconsiderable loss and annoyance, all of which is obviated by the employment of my improved fastening device, which is not only practical and convenient, but can be applied much quicker than the slow method of tying up packages with cords.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is--- 5o taching the same to packages of furniture. In a furniture-packing fastener, the combir00 nation, with the fastener A, consisting of two for alongitudinal adjustment, substantially as Wires twisted together, as herein shown, and and for the purpose set forth. provided With the central loop 0, the bifurcated ends a a, and the eyes a, of the pro- ISIDORE bGHLESINGER' 5 tecting device B, constructed in two parts, Witnesses:

and having the inner ends thereof overlap- S. SOHLESINGER, ping each other thereby adapting the same L. B. GOUPLAND. 

